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Police reports from Feb. 22, 2013

From staff reports

ST. JOHNS COUNTY

Sexual predator notification: A person judged to be a sexual predator has moved within the county, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. Notice was provided in accordance with Florida law.

Erik Brandon Hall, 32, who is by law registered as a sexual predator, will be living at 2285 Deerwood Acres Road. Hall is white and 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 225 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.

He was adjudicated guilty of two counts of lewd or lascivious assault upon a child between the ages of 12 and 16 in July 2000 in St. Johns County, and he was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of sex offender probation, according to the release.

Since his release from prison in May 2004, he has violated his probation several times, and his probation has been lengthened to 15 years, according to the release.

Information about sexual predators in the state is available through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Go to www.fdle.state.fl.us or call the toll-free number 1-888-FLPREDATOR for information on sexual offenders and predators in the state.

VILANO BEACH

Pelican rescued: Two deputies helped take an injured pelican to safety on Thursday evening.

According to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office report, Deputy Thomas Coward went to the Vilano Beach pier in reference to the injured bird. When he got there, several people told him that the pelican, whom the children had named “Vilano,” was kicked after stealing bait from a fisherman. One of its wings was disfigured, and it was not able to fly. Deputy Brian Holland took the pelican to the back of Coward’s patrol car and Coward drove the bird to a veterinary clinic. The two deputies “escorted the pelican into one of the ICU cages at the hospital,” according the report.

A suspect was not identified in the incident.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY

Possible scam reported: A St. Johns County man received emails this week from someone who asked if he would like to be a secret shopper for a company.

He responded that he did, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office report, and a few days later received a package in the mail that contained a check made out to him from a credit union for more than $2,400. A credit union official told him the check was counterfeit, and that it was probably a scam, the report said.

POLICE REPORTS

The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO), St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) and Florida Highway Patrol (FHP):